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bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we end here and we should just touch on benghazi. how do you think that will affect hillary clinton's less going? a lasting tarnish or something that history doesn't blame her for? >> guest: very briefly, on the polls. i think polls aren't always very accurate reading of what is going on, and no doubt that perceptions have of the united states will go up and down and it's very much dependent on world evens and often driven by a frustration that america isn't helping more so just to make that point. with this administration set out to do isn't repair the image but improve the perception and make it possible to have conversations with allies or with friends or countries that you didn't necessarily have a conversation with before. i think benghazi is a moment that will continue to be associated with the secretary's tenure. no escaping that. it happened on her watch. i thing think some questions still remain unare answered, questions she can answ
bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we end here and we should just touch on benghazi. how do you think that will affect hillary clinton's less going? a lasting tarnish or something that history doesn't blame her for? >> guest: very briefly, on the polls. i think polls aren't always very accurate reading of what is going on, and no doubt that perceptions have of the united states will go up and down and it's very much dependent on world evens and often driven...
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bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we enter i think we should just touch on benghazi alluded. how do you think that will affect her legacy if at all? would be a lasting tarnish that she won't be able to escape or will it be something that history doesn't blame her for treasury 30 prison on the polls, i don't think they're very accurate reading of what is going on. and no doubt that perception of the united states will continue to go up and down. it's very much depend on what world into the. it's also often driven by frustration that america isn't helping more. so just to make a point. what this administration set out to do, it is a repair the image per se but improve the perception make it possible to have conversations with allies or with friends or can she do this is a have a conversation with before. i think benghazi is a moment that will continue to be associated with the secretary's tenure. there's no escaping it. it happened on her watch. i think some questions do remain
bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we enter i think we should just touch on benghazi alluded. how do you think that will affect her legacy if at all? would be a lasting tarnish that she won't be able to escape or will it be something that history doesn't blame her for treasury 30 prison on the polls, i don't think they're very accurate reading of what is going on. and no doubt that perception of the united states will continue to go up and down. it's very much...
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now there's upset because of inaction, and, you know, under the bush administration there was upset because of action. so it's a struggle to find that fine line. >> host: i think it's break time. [laughter] >> guest: great. >> on the go? "after words" is available via podcast. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you'd like to download and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> host: and then there was libya which could argue be a success. some people say, you know, a distraction or what not but certainly a place where hillary clinton played a pivotal role. she travels to to france as you document in your book, and she basically wants to make sure that other people are going to contribute before -- and it doesn't seem like she's giving hints that the obama administration is going to act, but she wants to first make sure that other people will act with the united states if there's action. so explain, explain what she, what she's doing in france. >> guest: well, first, let me give you the context of that trip because it was one of t
now there's upset because of inaction, and, you know, under the bush administration there was upset because of action. so it's a struggle to find that fine line. >> host: i think it's break time. [laughter] >> guest: great. >> on the go? "after words" is available via podcast. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you'd like to download and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> host: and...
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bush's presidency. >> paul: george, you mentioned jordan. is king abdullah, be the next arab ruler to fall in that region? and what would be the consequences, not just for israel, but for our own interests? >> it would be a disaster, we'd lose one of the last few moderates in the arab world and israel would lose along its longest border and-- >> how much trouble is the king in? i know there have beenprotests, price of energy and so on. >> he has a financial crisis and he's vocally opposed by the muslim brotherhood and no longer has the backing of the tribe, traditional-- >> he's flooded from refugees and as is lebanon. >> paul: a good indication of how our stepping back has created problems for everyone there. questions surrounding president obama's controversial pick to lead the labor department. did thomas perez work behind the scenes to prevent the supreme court from ruling on an important race discrimination case? well you can see if the hotel is pet friendly before you book it, and i got a great deal without bidding. and where's your fu
bush's presidency. >> paul: george, you mentioned jordan. is king abdullah, be the next arab ruler to fall in that region? and what would be the consequences, not just for israel, but for our own interests? >> it would be a disaster, we'd lose one of the last few moderates in the arab world and israel would lose along its longest border and-- >> how much trouble is the king in? i know there have beenprotests, price of energy and so on. >> he has a financial crisis and...
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>> president bush soured chalab> pretty early on, and i think-- it wasn't just chalabi. there was a whole collection of -- >> buter everybody thought he ws playing one game, which was for himself. >> that's probably the case. he was very sort of suave individual who i think told a lot of the americans what theyin wanted to hear.ri >> rose: let's go to what happened in terms of the surge and look back over these years. the surge comes. it's recommended. many people are saying-- for george bush-- toay make that decision at that time when most people said it would not work, both inside and outside ofns government was a courageous decision. do you share that? >> it was a courageous decision but it was a belated decision. and what had happened was due to all these mistakes we talkedhe about, first of all, there were sectarian passions in iraq that became unleashed once saddam was gone. and the war between-- the civil war between the sunnis and the shi'a were really soaring out of control. i was in iraq fair lot of that period, and it was a horribled period-- bodies in the str
>> president bush soured chalab> pretty early on, and i think-- it wasn't just chalabi. there was a whole collection of -- >> buter everybody thought he ws playing one game, which was for himself. >> that's probably the case. he was very sort of suave individual who i think told a lot of the americans what theyin wanted to hear.ri >> rose: let's go to what happened in terms of the surge and look back over these years. the surge comes. it's recommended. many people are...
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said he was going to close down guantanamo but what happened is actually nothing has changed since bush went of just obama came in and all the false and lying you know untrue promises that he made haven't changed anything the condition it's not got worse inside going tandem of the possibilities why things have changed i don't know if we could be some publicist the intent towards the inside the u.s. government it could be a change of venue directorship for new. guard force which doesn't understand how to deal with people inside going down i'm going to take some time until they understand they have to. understand what the reason for this mistreatment is essentially especially that more than half of the people in montana cleared for release they even themselves under their criteria is the americans right if they think these people are not criminals have not committed anything they are cleared for release you say that the conditions have certainly not improved since since you were there do you think in fact they deteriorate to take it from what you're hearing and reading. you know until i h
said he was going to close down guantanamo but what happened is actually nothing has changed since bush went of just obama came in and all the false and lying you know untrue promises that he made haven't changed anything the condition it's not got worse inside going tandem of the possibilities why things have changed i don't know if we could be some publicist the intent towards the inside the u.s. government it could be a change of venue directorship for new. guard force which doesn't...
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after 9/11, the congress enacted, and then president bush sign into law, the patriot act, and among many other changes to the law it authorized fbi agents, on their own, to serve search warrants or subpoenas on custodians of information. so a telephone company, computer provider. a hospital, lawyer, doctor. having someone else's information. they call that search warrant, which goes around the fourth amendment, which requires that only judges sign search warrants -- they call those search warrants national security letters. so when the fbi comes calling to your or my server, says here's a letter. we want shepard smith's record, they also can't tell anyone because the statute makes it a crime for the recipient of the letters to tell anybody. that's the part that was ruled unconstitutional by the federal judge in california on friday. because that runs up against something called the first amendment, which says, congress shall make no law infringing the freedom of speech. so how could congress make it a crime for people to talk about the government seizing private information without going
after 9/11, the congress enacted, and then president bush sign into law, the patriot act, and among many other changes to the law it authorized fbi agents, on their own, to serve search warrants or subpoenas on custodians of information. so a telephone company, computer provider. a hospital, lawyer, doctor. having someone else's information. they call that search warrant, which goes around the fourth amendment, which requires that only judges sign search warrants -- they call those search...
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presidential trip to the middle east, rather to israel, was not by president obama, but by president bush. worked for him at the time. there was a presidential trip in may of 2008. that was to discuss israel and saudi arabia, the sexted anniversary of the israel's founding, and the world economic forum, where the president met with king abdullah of jordan. and there was a longer trip in january of 2008 when the president went to the middle east, a very long trip, which i can tell you -- you have to bear in mind that every single stock in each country involved a briefing memo. when we talk about places that president obama is and is not visiting, there is a personal interest for the nsc stocks -- staff. your memos you have to write, the fewer stops. it is interesting to compare the middle east and our role in it, then and now. "down the major issues that my colleagues have been talking about. the clearest difference is iraq, which i will not dwell on. iraq in january 2008 was one of the main themes of the trip. that is why you go to kuwait to visit camps there. that is different now since
presidential trip to the middle east, rather to israel, was not by president obama, but by president bush. worked for him at the time. there was a presidential trip in may of 2008. that was to discuss israel and saudi arabia, the sexted anniversary of the israel's founding, and the world economic forum, where the president met with king abdullah of jordan. and there was a longer trip in january of 2008 when the president went to the middle east, a very long trip, which i can tell you -- you...
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here, well, one of the things that was extremely frustrating cover the white house under president bush is we could really not get a handle on a number of civilians, iraqi civilians who were impacted and killed by this war. you have the numbers, the tallies for americans, but not for the iraqi civilians. you speak with this man, i get a sense that every family, every person there is touched or perhaps knows somebody who's been killed. >> yeah. absolutely. i mean, just about everyone who you speak to does. and the other thing too is driving through most parts of the country it's hard to find a neighborhood that hasn't somehow been touched by some sort of a tragedy. the other thing now that you mention that was quite frustrating too about reporting early on is that remember for the longest time the u.s. administration and military were actually denying that the violence was as bad as it was until the numbers became so high, the attacks became so frequent that they couldn't deny it anymore. and now the tally for iraqi casualties ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. >> ye
here, well, one of the things that was extremely frustrating cover the white house under president bush is we could really not get a handle on a number of civilians, iraqi civilians who were impacted and killed by this war. you have the numbers, the tallies for americans, but not for the iraqi civilians. you speak with this man, i get a sense that every family, every person there is touched or perhaps knows somebody who's been killed. >> yeah. absolutely. i mean, just about everyone who...
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you may remember the president bush's economic adviser was fired for predicting that the war might cost $100 billion to $200 billion. he was off by a factor of 10, and as we are going to hear and our second panel, made much more than that. finally, we are going to ask from the u.s. point of view, what are the geopolitical and military and strategic lessons in so far as we can see them from this near and far vantage point? what are the take-homes from this conflict? wonderfulsembled a first panel. i have no question that however much each of us knows about this conflict firsthand and more, looking around this room, there's a huge amount of wisdom here, but i know all of us are going to go home from this a good deal wiser. i thank you for joining us, and i really am thrilled to turn over to the moderator of our first panel. everybody in this room and watching on television probably is deeply familiar with his work. in years ago, he was covering the beginning of the war from kuwait city and from baghdad. he later wrote the apparel life in the emerald city, one of the best of many books abo
you may remember the president bush's economic adviser was fired for predicting that the war might cost $100 billion to $200 billion. he was off by a factor of 10, and as we are going to hear and our second panel, made much more than that. finally, we are going to ask from the u.s. point of view, what are the geopolitical and military and strategic lessons in so far as we can see them from this near and far vantage point? what are the take-homes from this conflict? wonderfulsembled a first...
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bush, and clinton. the difference is probably 1 million jobs relative to what is done in the past and now. we're missing one million government jobs relative to the historical norm -- >> rose: what's the difference? why is that true? >> it's true for two reasons. one is that states and locates almost inevitability have to cut back when time is tough. they lose tax revenues. they are mandated legally to run a balanced budget so at the time same time consumers and red soxes pull back the government is. in washington, starting in 2011, with the negotiations between the house republicans and the white houses, the house republicans have insisted on big cuts and have won big cuts and that's why we have austerity and will have more this year. >> rose: if the fed wanted to reduce unemployment from seven to whatever it is-- seven. could they do that? do they have the tools to do that? >> no. i don't think so. they're down to incremental policies. i think they know that. ben bernanke and janet yellen, and otheres
bush, and clinton. the difference is probably 1 million jobs relative to what is done in the past and now. we're missing one million government jobs relative to the historical norm -- >> rose: what's the difference? why is that true? >> it's true for two reasons. one is that states and locates almost inevitability have to cut back when time is tough. they lose tax revenues. they are mandated legally to run a balanced budget so at the time same time consumers and red soxes pull back...
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bush, comes as president, cold in nature, was distancing himself to israel. the message the israelis got across the spectrum was he doesn't like us. he doesn't talk to us. and he doesn't care about us. >> rose: that's the perception in israel. >> that is correct. and of course it was reinforced by the fact that almost simultaneously to his election israel chose the right wing prime minister who replaced olmert who was wing to go a long distin to make a palestinian deal. >> rose: and before that barak. >> an before that ariel sharon who took a bold step in gaa -- gaza. so the israeli, the israeli political system responded to threats to the threat of iran, to the threat of hezbollah, israel, between 2006 and 2009, went to the right. both the public opinion and the government. so the drama of the collision between the president seeking to draw close to arab and muslims and israeli government veering to the right, intensified the tension that manifested itself at the time. and add to this the fact that between the president and the prime minister at that time, t
bush, comes as president, cold in nature, was distancing himself to israel. the message the israelis got across the spectrum was he doesn't like us. he doesn't talk to us. and he doesn't care about us. >> rose: that's the perception in israel. >> that is correct. and of course it was reinforced by the fact that almost simultaneously to his election israel chose the right wing prime minister who replaced olmert who was wing to go a long distin to make a palestinian deal. >>...
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former president bush e-privacy just took another hit. gawker published his e-mail address and encouraged readers to send him a message. photos and the former president's self-pour trades. >>> well, that's a wrap of things for me right now. things back here tomorrow as thomas roberts continues his break. join me then for the president's the israeli's public, which is expected right at 11:00 a.m., and jamie rubin, right now my television, the other alex will be up there. >>> i like that. >> i lie the twin thing. >> it's all good. >>> president obama is in israel and is dpreeted as the airport with red carpets and rose petals, but will his meetings there be all hugs and kisses. michael steele, victoria defran chez ko soto and kurt anderson to discussing the unbreakable alliance. in the meantime, what about washington? six budgets are on the table. will any survive? plus we'll like at rand paul's kind of maybe acceptance of reform, and all that, and elizabeth colbert's win in south carolina, we start in a mere 180 seconds. tens of thousands
former president bush e-privacy just took another hit. gawker published his e-mail address and encouraged readers to send him a message. photos and the former president's self-pour trades. >>> well, that's a wrap of things for me right now. things back here tomorrow as thomas roberts continues his break. join me then for the president's the israeli's public, which is expected right at 11:00 a.m., and jamie rubin, right now my television, the other alex will be up there. >>> i...
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yet president obama just had acknowledged january 1 he saved 85% of the bush tax cuts permanent. 85% and what that means is even by obama's definition 85% of the tax cut went to middle income americans. as a result he made them permanent. it was a tremendous concession and they had to admit for 12 years they were lying about the bush tax cuts but we will take it. 85% of progress is progress and now what we have is the tax rate and the tax system and the federal government comes into being temporary, we opt every two in five years. years. it's not permit so president obama and the democrats want to raise taxes on many americans. they have to look them in the eye and passed them through the democratic senate. the republican house would have to agree. the republican house is not going to allow them to raise taxes on american people and that is how you force a conversation about reform. the reason why there is been no reform during the obama years and no entitlement reform or welfare reform is that they raise taxes and spend more money when you stop them from having the ability to raise
yet president obama just had acknowledged january 1 he saved 85% of the bush tax cuts permanent. 85% and what that means is even by obama's definition 85% of the tax cut went to middle income americans. as a result he made them permanent. it was a tremendous concession and they had to admit for 12 years they were lying about the bush tax cuts but we will take it. 85% of progress is progress and now what we have is the tax rate and the tax system and the federal government comes into being...
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if you listen to jeb bush and reince priebus talk, i got the sense they were giving belated rebuttals to the 47% will never vote for us argument. >> they called this an autopsy on the republican party. on whom do you do an autopsy? something that is dead. i think that reince priebus, jeb bush and other establishment republicans feel that the party has gone seriously astray. in an america that is increasingly diverse and younger, it's chartered an appeal that will not be able to win a national election unless they change course. >> ifill: how unusual was it for you to read something 100 pages worth of that much... i think i called it unsparing criticism. >> very forthright and forth come to go the party's problems. susan i were talking about this. we have seen parties go through this angst over the decades. you get the sense that there are many people in the republican party that believe this is an unusually difficult period that they face. the future is rather bleak unless they make some dramatic changes. >> ifill: are they talking message or policy? >> a lot of this talked about mess
if you listen to jeb bush and reince priebus talk, i got the sense they were giving belated rebuttals to the 47% will never vote for us argument. >> they called this an autopsy on the republican party. on whom do you do an autopsy? something that is dead. i think that reince priebus, jeb bush and other establishment republicans feel that the party has gone seriously astray. in an america that is increasingly diverse and younger, it's chartered an appeal that will not be able to win a...
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offense so this isn't golf you don't get a do over the resolution articles or impeachment of george bush president of the united states. go to consider chat us and sign the impeachment petition the former congressman joined us earlier in our studio as we reflect upon the past decade and i asked him looking back on the past ten years what is on his mind and more than what goes from my mind i can feel this in my heart you know i'm heartsick over the loss of our troops over the deaths of perhaps as many as a million innocent iraqis the destruction of that country the destruction of our own priorities here at home the rising debt borrowing money to wage a war the city has been a nightmare and frankly those who made the decisions to take us there have not yet been held accountable yeah and i want to bring this up yesterday i spoke to former alaska senator mike gravel and here's what he said well our entire institutions the media the congress the white house all failed the american people now i know that you from the very beginning were outspoken about this war and i want to ask should have th
offense so this isn't golf you don't get a do over the resolution articles or impeachment of george bush president of the united states. go to consider chat us and sign the impeachment petition the former congressman joined us earlier in our studio as we reflect upon the past decade and i asked him looking back on the past ten years what is on his mind and more than what goes from my mind i can feel this in my heart you know i'm heartsick over the loss of our troops over the deaths of perhaps...
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it has a forward by former first lady, laura bush. >> we must talk a little about st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell was important about that story? >> in st. petersburg, and the years were difficult areas it is cold, it is forbidding. there are not a lot of other women there. most of the diplomatic biased to not travel with her husband when they get sent there. i have a baby girl, louisa catherine adams, and the child dies after about a year. that really devastates her mother. it is very painful. john quincy is also very much torn apart by the death. the war of 1812 has broken out here. he is sent to negotiated treaty and leaves louisa with her youngest son, charles francis, in st. petersburg. when peace is resolved and he is sure he will be returning home or sent to london, he asks her to join him. she makes this arduous journey from st. petersburg in the winter to paris with a son who is only seven of the time. and a couple of servings that she only met that day. she does not know she can trust them. as she is crossing e
it has a forward by former first lady, laura bush. >> we must talk a little about st. petersburg and her incredible journey back to meet her husband. can you tell was important about that story? >> in st. petersburg, and the years were difficult areas it is cold, it is forbidding. there are not a lot of other women there. most of the diplomatic biased to not travel with her husband when they get sent there. i have a baby girl, louisa catherine adams, and the child dies after about a...
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soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis and estimated to cost trillions of dollars the bush administration told the public iraq had weapons of mass destruction turns out that wasn't the case but from the beginning there were a few voices against the waging a war in iraq among them former congressman dennis q senate if you can recall he called for the impeachment of president george bush and dick cheney liars are weapons of mass destruction lies are also an impeachable offense this is in golf you don't get a do over the resolution articles or impeachment of george bush president of the united states. go to consent to chat us and sign the impeachment petition for the former congressman joins us now in our studio as we reflect on the past decade much of his son it's great to have you here so you have consistently been a vocal critic of the iraq war and looking back on the past ten years what's going through your mind. more that would goes from my mind i can feel this in my heart you know i'm heartsick over. the loss of our troops over the debts of perhaps as many as a million innocent iraqis
soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis and estimated to cost trillions of dollars the bush administration told the public iraq had weapons of mass destruction turns out that wasn't the case but from the beginning there were a few voices against the waging a war in iraq among them former congressman dennis q senate if you can recall he called for the impeachment of president george bush and dick cheney liars are weapons of mass destruction lies are also an impeachable offense this is in golf...
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before president bush spoke for about five minutes that evening and we will show you those tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next week marks the start of a recess in congress. the house completed its work for the week and will not return until the week of april 8. earlier, the chamber passed the republican budget plan. the 2010to repeal health care law. it aims to balance the budget over the next 10 years. fundingse also passed for the government to the rest of the year. speaking of the senate, the chamber is live right now. they're working on amendments right now. we do not expect a vote until tomorrow, with a final passage vote possible. follow the senate live now on c- span2. his weeklyr holds briefing and talks about the upcoming republican agenda. this is 10 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. every family in america must balance their budget. passedouse republicans their plan. alps improve people's lives and addresses things i think they most care about. it means more jobs and higher wages for the american people. support of the keystone pipeline route means more jobs for
before president bush spoke for about five minutes that evening and we will show you those tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next week marks the start of a recess in congress. the house completed its work for the week and will not return until the week of april 8. earlier, the chamber passed the republican budget plan. the 2010to repeal health care law. it aims to balance the budget over the next 10 years. fundingse also passed for the government to the rest of the year. speaking of the...
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bush got before he was president flying by helicopter by ariel sharon. that's the size of israel and how close it is to its neighbors that netanyahu wanted to hear. >> andrea, chuck todd brought up two-state solution, of course, today. any chance that obama can nudge netanyahu toward that or is the threat from iran right now too much to even go there? >> they are talking about it but i think it will be in john kerry's lap and he will be here saturday night. after going to jordan with the president we will double back to jerusalem, have dinner with netanyahu, have dinner with a couple of advisers on both sides, and they will try to move this along. it is a big stretch. my colleague, veteran journalist here, martin fletcher of nbc, says it is hard for them to come up with a new configuration. you have ynetanyahu out of a ne election. you have palestinian authority. so how you have negotiations and what the formula would be and israel surrounded byis lathe fund meantlism and war in syria, it just really is a very hard climb. but they said they are at least
bush got before he was president flying by helicopter by ariel sharon. that's the size of israel and how close it is to its neighbors that netanyahu wanted to hear. >> andrea, chuck todd brought up two-state solution, of course, today. any chance that obama can nudge netanyahu toward that or is the threat from iran right now too much to even go there? >> they are talking about it but i think it will be in john kerry's lap and he will be here saturday night. after going to jordan...
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soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis estimated dead and estimated to cost trillions of dollars the bush administration told the public iraq had weapons of mass destruction turns out that wasn't the case but from the very beginning there were a few voices against waging a war in iraq among them former congressman dennis q senator if you can recall he called for the impeachment of president george bush and dick cheney. lies are weapons of mass destruction lies are also an impeachable offense this isn't golf you don't get a do over but resolution articles of impeachment of george bush president of the united states go to the senate sat us and sign the impeachment petition the former congressman joined us earlier and our studio as he reflected upon the past decade and i asked him looking back on the past ten years what's been going through his mind more than what goes from my mind i can feel the same my heart you know i'm heartsick over the loss of our troops over the deaths of perhaps as many as a million innocent iraqis the destruction of that country the destruction of our own priorities
soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis estimated dead and estimated to cost trillions of dollars the bush administration told the public iraq had weapons of mass destruction turns out that wasn't the case but from the very beginning there were a few voices against waging a war in iraq among them former congressman dennis q senator if you can recall he called for the impeachment of president george bush and dick cheney. lies are weapons of mass destruction lies are also an impeachable offense...
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and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. this is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an access of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. >> you say that the speech marked sort of a point of no return as far as the war was concerned. >> i wouldn't say point of no return, but a real milestone. here's what i think in that speech really stands up to the light of history. back when president bush spoke those words in 2002, it was considered quite shocking and bizarre to think there might be cooperation between hamas and iran. back then the conventional
and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the...
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bush in 2004 was carried to re-election in ohio because evangelical voters swarmed to the poll to outlaw gay marriage in the state. and put that in the constitution. now we're seeing that not only was christian not anywhere in that report, god was not anywhere in there, church was not anywhere in there. there was no mention of abortion or marriage, two of the driving issues for this base. so to a lot of folks on the religious right, it seemed like the party really doesn't want that much to do with the base anymore. >> kind of amazing. that's how they interpret it. >> god comes out of it? remember when god came out on the democratic side. it does seem to be part of a broader shift. the christian base didn't win the election last fall and in four states, same-sex marriage on the ballot and lost in all four states. anti abortion candidates were also defeated. so what do you think is happening here? the evangelicals just losing all power? >> i don't think so. i still think at the core of the republican party are the social conservatives. they're the ones who vote. they're the ones who care d
bush in 2004 was carried to re-election in ohio because evangelical voters swarmed to the poll to outlaw gay marriage in the state. and put that in the constitution. now we're seeing that not only was christian not anywhere in that report, god was not anywhere in there, church was not anywhere in there. there was no mention of abortion or marriage, two of the driving issues for this base. so to a lot of folks on the religious right, it seemed like the party really doesn't want that much to do...
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republicans like george bush and mitt romney get 5% or less. i got 20 something mississippi from the blacks in mississippi, and i would like to think partially because i had a good record, but also because i tried. getting 27%bout me of the hispanic vote after saying effectively we want your grandmother to self-support, i want to know who that 27% of the hispanic voters who voted for him. [laughter] the truth of the matter is, not only is it easier to vote for somebody if you like them, it is easier to vote for somebody if you think they like you. this is a real -- this became more than about latinos. became about color. when a haitian-americans -- americans both for democrats, then that says to me at all those chinese-americans who came here as republicans, because they were fleeing communism, all those vietnam- americans, all those indian doctors and businessmen who were showing off -- who were taxpayers and they voted for a democrat, a left-wing democrat, by the way, a far shift to the left compared to bill clinton -- in a lot ofbe voters'mi
republicans like george bush and mitt romney get 5% or less. i got 20 something mississippi from the blacks in mississippi, and i would like to think partially because i had a good record, but also because i tried. getting 27%bout me of the hispanic vote after saying effectively we want your grandmother to self-support, i want to know who that 27% of the hispanic voters who voted for him. [laughter] the truth of the matter is, not only is it easier to vote for somebody if you like them, it is...
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i thought the decisions were right to the stage there was another important factor in bush promised to bring in a roadmap for palestine and just the same policy america's the only one that's likely to have any influence on the israelis right a bush went further than twenty or even recognize a two state system and tony blair is out there still trying to achieve some of that that. the americans failed the producing so each stage you look at it he say yes i think it's worth doing we could settle palestine i do a lot of things to try and bring justice back into the for the problem and it's a terrible situation we thought that so each stage and then the un tony thought you could carry the euro your nations a russian obviously was making clear. china as well so to that extent we didn't get the un. only made that decision. the americans make clear we could come out i was said to go in without just any way. tony blair's not that kind of guy at this point when we heard from tony blair then prime minister he said this in the house of commons that he saddam hussein has existing and active militar
i thought the decisions were right to the stage there was another important factor in bush promised to bring in a roadmap for palestine and just the same policy america's the only one that's likely to have any influence on the israelis right a bush went further than twenty or even recognize a two state system and tony blair is out there still trying to achieve some of that that. the americans failed the producing so each stage you look at it he say yes i think it's worth doing we could settle...
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let's bring in our contributor, andy bush, author and publisher of the "bush update" and lecamp. >> i would caution optimism. there's going to be a bank run as soon as these banks open up on tuesday. the corporate money will pull out as fast as they can. we're not sure how much will destabilize what's left of the cypriot banking system. this isn't like an earthquake but this will help stabilize things. again, europe doesn't have any growth so the united states still looks like the place to be for your investments. >> absolutely. but jim lecamp just on the bank run i can't predict anything but what i'm reading and getting reports on is that there will capital controls on the banks, with the two biggest banks to calm this down. >> of course there will, but whatever they let you pull out people will pull out. wealthy people talk to one another. no one will want to hold their money in those banks. not only that if you have deposits in a port fwees bank, a spanish bank, greek bank and you can take that money across the street and put it in a german bank why downtown you do that now they th
let's bring in our contributor, andy bush, author and publisher of the "bush update" and lecamp. >> i would caution optimism. there's going to be a bank run as soon as these banks open up on tuesday. the corporate money will pull out as fast as they can. we're not sure how much will destabilize what's left of the cypriot banking system. this isn't like an earthquake but this will help stabilize things. again, europe doesn't have any growth so the united states still looks like...
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he just really wanted to go in iraq to them mine president bush the father had stopped to. kuwait and not gone in and dealt with saddam so all the americans you said to me it's business as usual and what they meant was basically unfinished business so to that extent i was very alarmed and told. bring it forward now to the ten years of what begins to worry me all the move is it does seem and tony blair is saying that in the case of syria or indeed in iraq nothing is implications involved that the feeling is you go we then to do the same thing now that's just wrong we're not learning the lessons of iraq it doesn't bring peace shaka no mind when militarily but the weeks that followed cause them awful lot of deaths among civilians when we're talking about you now with hindsight saying that the wall in iraq was wrong at what point did events that took place it will point it in saying it wasn't the right thing today well the real problem is you discussing whether you should do it i came back and told tony the americans are go in him with or without we don't make a difference they
he just really wanted to go in iraq to them mine president bush the father had stopped to. kuwait and not gone in and dealt with saddam so all the americans you said to me it's business as usual and what they meant was basically unfinished business so to that extent i was very alarmed and told. bring it forward now to the ten years of what begins to worry me all the move is it does seem and tony blair is saying that in the case of syria or indeed in iraq nothing is implications involved that...
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jeb bush wrote a book. what does that mean? >> jeb bush wrote a book about immigration and about immigration policy. interesting book. wasn't a big best seller. got a little bit of attention. but why scott walker's book is a little more interesting from a political perspective is scott walker's book is much more an autobiography, talking about his experience in wisconsin, battling the public sector unions, battling it in the recall, and to me that tells me as a political reporter that walker wants to tell his story nationally, rather than in the jeb bush example, making a policy case. >> and you know, guy benson, in a sense, nobody has done what scott walker did to the unions up there and to balancing the budget and the way he did it and the fact that he had to win a second election in two years. really, no one has done what scott walker has done. >> that's absolutely right. and he's up for a re-re-election next year. and i think we can look past just the tea leaves of this book. i asked correctly -- i asked the governor direct
jeb bush wrote a book. what does that mean? >> jeb bush wrote a book about immigration and about immigration policy. interesting book. wasn't a big best seller. got a little bit of attention. but why scott walker's book is a little more interesting from a political perspective is scott walker's book is much more an autobiography, talking about his experience in wisconsin, battling the public sector unions, battling it in the recall, and to me that tells me as a political reporter that...
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if they had a bush master in the show where someone who was a criminal could just pick it up and walk out of the store. people who can't pass background checks, who can't do these things, they can easily go in there, and there have been tons of cases where the gun seller turns their back, and suddenly the guns are gone. that's exactly what this is targeting. >> two crimes, gun violence and shoplifting. >> that's right. they're not civilly liable and the atf has no case whatsoever. >> i was going to say i don't think it's surprising besides the fact that congress passed this. these are people voted in by people like--remember that story a week or two ago where there was that town that wanted to make it mandatory to have a gun. those are the people who voted for them. >> john: exactly. >> i love how when it comes to guns their attitude is we need to make things more lenient. >> john: you know why the american people don't know about this? no one in the democratic party i mean no one, has put up a fight or used the bully pulpit their office has given them to inform us. they've kicked the
if they had a bush master in the show where someone who was a criminal could just pick it up and walk out of the store. people who can't pass background checks, who can't do these things, they can easily go in there, and there have been tons of cases where the gun seller turns their back, and suddenly the guns are gone. that's exactly what this is targeting. >> two crimes, gun violence and shoplifting. >> that's right. they're not civilly liable and the atf has no case whatsoever....
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>> greg: they are blaming bush! >> this is bush's fault. >> greg: they are blaming bush! >> he is right actual. >> i we corrected. >> you are right. >> greg: amazing. >> an infiltrator no doubt. >> greg: time traveler. it was a time traveler. >> a fellow traveler. >> greg: i got about you. >> that is not even what i meant. >> greg: okay. a little play on fellow traveler. >> greg: , oh, that's funny. >> thanks. >> greg: took awhile. fellow traveler being a sympathizer of whatever but you not participating actively in communism but a sympathizer. >> i don't know where i am. what am i talking about? >> i don't even get the quote. it should by insat iable and not satialbe. >> they copied it down wrong. >> terry, everybody gets one thing wrong. >> and he got the whole thing wrong. everything else that he came up with was -- >> i so to say i'm a little peeved at you because i was super excited to make the point so i'm not going to you again in this segment. >> i stole from you? >> you did. >> it was time traveler. >> yeah. >> greg, you said with the left it is never the ideolog
>> greg: they are blaming bush! >> this is bush's fault. >> greg: they are blaming bush! >> he is right actual. >> i we corrected. >> you are right. >> greg: amazing. >> an infiltrator no doubt. >> greg: time traveler. it was a time traveler. >> a fellow traveler. >> greg: i got about you. >> that is not even what i meant. >> greg: okay. a little play on fellow traveler. >> greg: , oh, that's funny. >>...
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at the start of the invasion president bush addressed the nation from the oval office. >> my fellow citizens, at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. on my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war. these are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign. more than 35 countries are giving crucial support, from the use of naval and air bases, to help with intelligence and logistics, to the deployment of combat units. every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honor of serving in our common defense. to all of the men and women of the united states armed forces now in the middle east, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. that trust is well placed. the enemies you confront will come to know your skill and bravery. the people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit of
at the start of the invasion president bush addressed the nation from the oval office. >> my fellow citizens, at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. on my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war. these are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign....
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coming up against a former friend roman abramovich and we know that that had a very serious impact on bush presidency from the reports from people who were around him at the time psychologically and financially to let's say investigation's ongoing we're having all these bits of information that are coming out in the media for friends of former colleagues all of this the various of skin that's really helping to build up this pitch all of the man himself and what he was going through in the days leading up to his death others believe intriguing twists that it going on here we've heard the russian president's press attash a about the letter than this that bears a ski is said to his sense in which he asked for forgiveness and tooltip his longing to return home to russia now in a separate incident we've heard that just the day before he died mr bursal ski said to have had an informal talk with a russian journalist and. again in which he was detailing his state of mind in his flowing through a ten high of course this is cool thing a huge amount of speculation because he's the controversial chara
coming up against a former friend roman abramovich and we know that that had a very serious impact on bush presidency from the reports from people who were around him at the time psychologically and financially to let's say investigation's ongoing we're having all these bits of information that are coming out in the media for friends of former colleagues all of this the various of skin that's really helping to build up this pitch all of the man himself and what he was going through in the days...
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and john kasich and newt beginning we created the balanced budget act of 1997 and it was during the bush years of spending multiplied now by the obama years that we have the mess. my difficulty with the tea party freshmen isn't the true passion. they are an important part of the republican party. at the end of the day you have to govern. just saying no doesn't get you anything and create these falls crises. you can get past the false crises if you work something out. it doesn't mean sur renning principle. working together in a way that you get 60% of what you want. >> you have to go back. i don't think the tea party has created the budget crisis. we came in with members and tried to do something about it. i remember a day when april 15 is when the house and senate had to pass a budget resolution. i remember when they had to reconcile the 13 appropriations bills and a day when the president actually had to introduce his budget and today we don't do any of that stuff and that is how we got to the $16 trillion and there is something rational about standing on the tracks and saying we can't
and john kasich and newt beginning we created the balanced budget act of 1997 and it was during the bush years of spending multiplied now by the obama years that we have the mess. my difficulty with the tea party freshmen isn't the true passion. they are an important part of the republican party. at the end of the day you have to govern. just saying no doesn't get you anything and create these falls crises. you can get past the false crises if you work something out. it doesn't mean sur renning...